BC Astana (D1) tabbed 29-year old power forward Mikhail Evstigneev (201-110kg-84). He has played for the last four years at Barsy Atyrau (D1). In 11 Baltic League games he averaged 8.4ppg, 5.4rpg and 1.1apg last season. Evstigneev played in the final of Kazakhstan League in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013.Among other achievements he received Asia-Basket.com Kazakhstan League All-Domestic Players Team award in 2012. Evstigneev represented Kazakhstan at the World University Championships in Bangkok six years ago.He has played previously for three other Kazakhstan teams: BK Almaty, Tobol and BK Bars.Evstigneev is described as:
A tough, experienced inside player, who can spend time in the 4 and 5 positions.

BC Nizhny Novgorod (VTB) signed 26-year old power forward Ivan Lazarev (210-91kg-91) from CSKA Moscow. In 6 VTB United League games he had 3.8ppg and 1.7rpg last season. The previous (15-16) season Lazarev played at Dynamo Moscow where in 16 games he recorded 4.0ppg and 1.9rpg. He helped them to win the league title despite they ended the regular season at the second place. Lazarev represented Russia at the World University Games in Kazan (Russia) four years ago. He has played previously... [read more]

BC Nizhny Novgorod (VTB) signed 26-year old power forward Ivan Lazarev (210-91kg-91) from CSKA Moscow. In 6 VTB United League games he had 3.8ppg and 1.7rpg last season. The previous (15-16) season Lazarev played at Dynamo Moscow where in 16 games he recorded 4.0ppg and 1.9rpg. He helped them to win the league title despite they ended the regular season at the second place.Lazarev represented Russia at the World University Games in Kazan (Russia) four years ago.He has played previously for five other teams: Ryazan, Dynamo Moscow 2nd team, Zenit 2, Dynamo Moscow 2nd team and Zenit.

Zenit suffered roster setback going into the season. Anton Pushkov(208-C-88, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) got sidelined with a serious injury. The centre suffered ruptured ACL and is expected to miss around 9 months of action. Anton Psuhkov joined Zenit back in 2015. He tallied 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in VTB League last season. Pushkov also notched 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per appearance in EuroCup. [read more]

Zenit suffered roster setback going into the season. Anton Pushkov (208-C-88, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) got sidelined with a serious injury. The centre suffered ruptured ACL and is expected to miss around 9 months of action. Anton Psuhkov joined Zenit back in 2015. He tallied 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in VTB League last season. Pushkov also notched 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per appearance in EuroCup.

Avtodor Saratov (VTB) agreed terms with 25-year old American forward Coty Clarke (201-105kg-92, college: Arkansas, agency: BeoBasket). It is actually his comeback to Saratov as he has played here before. Clarke played last summer at Capitanes de Arecibo in Puerto Rican BSN league. In 21 games he had very impressive stats: 15.8ppg, 8.5rpg, 4.5apg and 1.1spg. Clarke has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. The list of the past achievements is quite lo... [read more]

Avtodor Saratov (VTB) agreed terms with 25-year old American forward Coty Clarke (201-105kg-92, college: Arkansas, agency: BeoBasket). It is actually his comeback to Saratov as he has played here before. Clarke played last summer at Capitanes de Arecibo in Puerto Rican BSN league. In 21 games he had very impressive stats: 15.8ppg, 8.5rpg, 4.5apg and 1.1spg.Clarke has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he won Puerto Rican BSN championship title in 2016. Clarke was also voted USBasket.com All-D-League 2nd Team in 2016.He is quite experienced player. Clarke has played also professionally in Israel (Hapoel Galilee), NBA (Boston Celtics), Russia (Unics Kazan) and NBA G League (Maine Red Claws).He attended University of Arkansas until 2014 and it will be his fourth season as a professional player.

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